Eino Viljami Panula

Infobox Person
name = Eino Viljami Panula
other_names = "Eino Viljam Panula"
"Eino William Panula"
birth_date = March 10 1911
birth_place = Ylihärmä, South Ostrobothnia, Finland
death_date = death date|1912|5|15|df=y (age in years and days|1911|3|10|1912|4|15|df=y)
death_place = Atlantic Ocean
known_for = The Unknown Child
parents = Juha Panula Sr. and Maria Emilia Ojala
relations = Juho, Ernesti, Jaakko, Emma, Lyydia, Juha and Urho Panula (siblings)

Eino Viljami Panula (March 10 1911–April 15 1912) was a young Finnish boy who died during the sinking of the RMS "Titanic". From 2002 to 2007, he was believed to be "The Unknown Child", the name given to the remains of a small boy recovered after the disaster.

Eino was traveling with his mother, Maria Emilia Panula (nee Ojala), and four older brothers, Ernesti Arvid (born 18 May, 1895), Jaakko Arnold (born 8 February, 1897), Juha Niilo (born 1 September, 1904), and Urho Abraham (born 25 April, 1909). Three other children died before the voyage: Juho Eemeli (23 October, 1892 — 23 December, 1892), Emma Iida (24 February, 1901 — 8 April, 1910) and Lyydia (December 1902 — May 1903) [ [http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/biography/1113/ Mrs Maija Emelia Abrahamintytar Panula] ] [http://www.forensicgenealogy.info/contest_81_results.html Forensic Genealogy Book Contest] ] [ [http://www.genealogy.com/genealogy/users/p/a/n/Hildur-Panulaheinonen/index.html Panula-Heinonen Family Tree] ]

The family was heading to Coal Center, Pennsylvania to join their father, Juha. All six members perished in the disaster.

The American PBS television series "Secrets of the Dead" played a key role in the initial 2002 identification of Panula's identity as the "Unknown Child" when they featured the story of the unknown Titanic victim on an episode and traced the child's DNA to a Finnish woman by the name of Magda Schleifer whose grandmother's sister was Maria Emilia Panula.

On August 1, 2007 it was reported a test on the child's HVS1, a type of mitochondrial DNA molecule, did not match the Panula family. [cite news
author=
title=Titanic baby given new identity
date=2007-08-01
work=BBC News
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6925640.stm
accessdate=2008-08-07] The original DNA testing was proved wrong and researchers from Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario identified the boy as a 19-month-old English child, Sidney Leslie Goodwin, who was traveling on the Titanic with his family to start a new life in America.

References

*Geller, Judith B. "Titanic: Women and Children First". 1st ed. W. W. Norton & Company, 1998.

External links

* [http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/biography/1118/ Master Eino Viljam Panula] at Encyclopedia Titanica
* [http://www.titanic-passengers.com/panula.htm Titanic Passengers: The Panulas]
* [http://www2.hs.fi/english/archive/news.asp?id=20021107IE3 Helsingin Sanomat: International Edition]
* [http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/case_titanic/clues.html Secrets of the Dead]
* [http://sydaby.eget.net/swe/jp_titanic.htm Ostrobothnian Odysseys]
*cite news
author=
title=Titanic's baby victim identified
date=2002-11-07
work=BBC News
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/2413895.stm
accessdate=2008-08-07
*cite news
author=
title=Titanic baby given new identity
date=2007-08-01
work=BBC News
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6925640.stm
accessdate=2008-08-07
* [http://www.titanic-whitestarships.com/ATurja.htm Titanic and Other White Star Line Ships]
* [http://www.titanic-titanic.com/grave_of_unknown_child.shtml The Grave Of The Unknown Child]
* [http://www.cbc.ca/cp/Atlantic/070731/t073131A.html Researchers properly identify unknown child who died aboard Titanic]